Grabbed by the Ghoulies

LAUGH IN THE FACE OF DANGER

STRAYING TOO FAR FROM HOME LANDS YOU IN GHOUL-HAVEN HALL. A HUGE MANSION CHOCK FULL OF FREAKY, FUNNY GHOULIES. YOU'LL HAVE TO BEAT TONS OF GHOULIES TO MAKE YOUR ESCAPE, SO USE WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND TO BASH, SMASH, CRASH AND GIVE THE DIRTY-FIGHTIN' GHOULIES WHAT THEY DESERVE. DOUSE FIRE IMPS WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, TOSS FURNITURE AT BOXING SKELETONS, EVEN BEAT UP A ZOMBIE WITH HIS OWN ARM - EVERYTHING'S FAIR GAME. NOTHING HERE IS WHAT IT SEEMS...

Unruly ghoulies. Take on piles of creepy and comic creatures who'll box, heckle, dance and fight - from vampire chickens to ninja imps and lots more.

A monstrous mansion. 50 rooms covering 100 levels full of mystery, adventure and surprises lurking around every corner.

Hidden depths. Destroy the house to find tons of power-ups and bash your way into 20 secret bonus mini-games.

Smash your foes... with burgers, bottles and exploding soda pop cans... along with over 100 other destructible weapons.

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From the team that brought you the hugely popular Banjo-Kazooie and its sequel comes a spirited new gameplay experience, crammed to the rafters with new faces and a bony handful of twists on genre expectation. After months of speculation over the name, Grabbed by the Ghoulies finally showed its leering zombie mug for the first time at E3 2003.

As you might expect, the game is overflowing with spectres, zombies and other sepulchral misfits, notably those resident in the shadowy depths of Ghoulhaven Hall. Framed by jagged bolts of lightning and leering down from its high clifftop, the Hall isn’t a place that anyone would willingly venture into – unless, of course, they were left with no choice. As if on cue, meet the game’s central player Cooper, forced into this very position when the Ghoulies take advantage of the raging storm to pounce and spirit away his girlfriend…

What follows is a frenetic chase through long-standing haunted house tradition, complete with sinister aristocrats, cobweb-choked rooms and a gentlemanly butler, but also with a few Rare twists and surprises thrown into the mix. Gameplay is focused on making progress towards the heart of the house by solving puzzles or beating back all the enemies in each room, using any means available: the interactive and destructible nature of Cooper’s surroundings gives him the opportunity to use practically anything as a weapon, including most of the furniture and bits of his fallen foes. Which is just as well, because our hero will often be greatly outnumbered and have to fight off whole gangs of Ghoulies simultaneously – it’s fluid and fast-paced comedy violence all the way.

If you think all this sounds straightforward, however, think again. Tracking down the damsel in distress is only the tip of the iceberg, as it gradually becomes apparent that there’s a lot more to this haunted house scenario than meets the eye. Plus there are always more immediate concerns: in addition to the constant onslaught from Ghoulies in all their guises, there are specific heart-pounding frights in store that might just lay Cooper out flat if you don’t help him to overcome the shock, and locked rooms that will only open on completion of one of the Hall’s many Challenges. Even then, rooms will often be visited and revisited with a different surprise in store every time, and with performance ratings and special features accessed through the collection of Bonus Books, the gauntlet of Ghoulhaven Hall bears more than one run through for those of its guests who think they have the nerve.

If all this leads you to expect vast amounts of fun with only a modest dose of seriousness, then you’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect from Grabbed by the Ghoulies. Released on October 21st (US) and November 21st (Europe) 2003, GbtG goes down in history as Rare’s very first Xbox release. Not what many were expecting, perhaps, but take a trip to this mercurial mansion and we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised…

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Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a humorous beat-‘em-up adventure game that takes place in a haunted house full of crazed ghoulies.

Take on the role of Cooper, a kid on a mission to rescue his girlfriend, who has been “grabbed by the ghoulies.” Venture through haunted and ominous Ghoulhaven Hall and battle it out with a variety of monsters, while trying to escape the many tricks, traps, and shocks along the way.

Grabbed by the Ghoulies is filled with unexpected surprises. But be careful … all that fail to get through Ghoulhaven Hall will be imprisoned within and never seen again.

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www.xbox.com

Grabbed by the Ghoulies ist ein humorvolles und “schlagfreudiges” Abenteuer, das in einem Spukhaus voller durchgeknalter Geister und Monster spielt. Die Spieler schlüpfen in die Rolle von Cooper, einem kleinen Jungen mit einer großen Mission: Er will seine Freundin aus den Händen der gruseligen Unholde retten. Wagt euch in das bedrohliche Spukhaus Ghoulhaven Hall und tretet gegen eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Monster an, während ihr die vielfältigen Tricks, Fallen und anderen üblen Überraschungen vermeidet, mit denen ihr stets rechnen müsst. Grabbed by the Ghoulies ist voller unerwarteter Wendungen, und wer den Weg durch Ghoulhaven Hall nicht findet, bleibt für immer in deren Mauern gefangen.

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www.xbox.com (German website)

Grabbed by the Ghoulies est un jeu d’aventure beat-‘em-up humoristique qui se déroule dans une maison hantée regorgeant de “ghoulies”, des morts-vivants assoiffés de sang. Les joueurs incarnent Cooper, un jeune homme empressé de sauver sa petite amie kidnappée par ces monstres. Il leur faudra pour ce faire s’aventurer dans un inquiétant manoir hanté et affronter un grand nombre de monstres, tout en évitant les nombreux pièges et surprises qui se dresseront sur leur chemin. Vous voilà prévenu: ceux qui ont le malheur de se perdre dans Ghoulhaven Hall y sont emprisonnés à jamais…

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www.xbox.com (French website)

Grabbed by the Ghoulies è un divertente gioco di avventura, del genere “beat-‘em-up”, ambientato in una casa stregata piena di folli ghoulie. Potrai assumere il ruolo di Cooper, un ragazzo la cui missione è quella di salvare la sua ragazza “grabbed by the ghoulies”, vale a dire rapita dai ghoulie. Ti avventurerai nella terribile Ghoulhaven Hall stregata, combattendo con una serie di mostri mentre tenti di sfuggire ai numerosi trabocchetti, trappole e shock che ti aspettano lungo il cammino. “Grabbed by the Ghoulies” è pieno di sorprese e tutti quelli che non riescono a passare attraverso Ghoulhaven Hall verranno imprigionati non se ne saprà mai più niente.

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www.xbox.com (Italian website)